Spend Steve Ballmer money in this billionaire spending simulator
The spend Steve Ballmer money game is an online virtual money spending simulator built around the fortune of former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. The simulator puts his entire multi-billion-dollar bankroll into an interactive browser game so you can spend fake money on real items and see what it takes to empty the account.
Ballmer is the wealthiest sports team owner on the planet. This fake money spending game lets you step into his shoes and see how far personal billions stretch against luxury goods, commercial property, and entire sports leagues.
How to play this fake money spending game
Playing the Steve Ballmer money simulator game takes four simple steps:
- Pick catalog items: Browse the catalog above, starting from fast food and video game consoles up to commercial airliners, skyscrapers, and professional sports franchises.
- Buy and sell with one click: Click Buy to add an item to your inventory. The simulator subtracts that price from Ballmer's total net worth immediately. Click Sell if you want to remove an item and recover your virtual money.
- Check the live balance: Watch the spending tracker at the top to see the exact percentage of Steve Ballmer's wealth you have used.
- Inspect your receipt: Click the receipt button to review your full itemized list, total units bought, and remaining cash balance.
The sports franchise scale of Ballmer's fortune
Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014 for $2 billion. In this simulator, an acquisition of that size is merely a routine purchase:
- Buying an entire sports league: The average NBA franchise is valued around $4 billion. With Ballmer's fortune hovering past $130 billion, you could buy every single team in the 30-team NBA and still have tens of billions of dollars left over.
- High-end lifestyle goods do nothing: Purchasing 100 luxury sports cars and 20 oceanfront mansions costs around $1 billion. That burns less than 1% of his starting balance.
- The annual burn rate: If you spent $250,000 every single day without earning any dividends or investment returns, spending down a $130 billion fortune would take roughly 1,424 years.
- Reaching zero: The only way to clear this balance in a reasonable time is to repeatedly buy the largest assets in the catalog, including commercial skyscrapers, passenger jets, and multiple NFL and NBA teams.